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[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diceman4:
I remember that app. I'm sure something along those lines will eventually be created.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RussianSolja:
OMG!!!! someone knows what im talking about!!!!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kizer:
Just like the other 300+ views. I'm viewing this post, however I will reply. Most people "Do Not" reply because they do not have anything to offer not because they don't want to, maybe its because they don't know.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidmonkey:
why did you use that app? just to mess around with people?

doesn’t bluetooth need a pairing code to connect devices?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mysticales:
I used to use a app like that on my S60 phone, But you see as I remember it, the other person still had to accept that you were requesting a connection. Which that being said, I doubt many people really WANT to go bluetooth apps. I mean after that Virus thing.. would you trust someone sending you something?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noiseboy999:
I had sniper on my n95. For anybody that hasn`t heard of it, its a bluejacking application.

What we need is an app that can send a note via bluetooth.

I was hoping since BlueX was released a bluejacking program may be out soon.

oh BTW I notice Bluex`s next update may include a ftp browser over bluetooth. That would be great, means you could hack phones in a similar method to a samsung :rolleyes:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolbho3000:
I don't think the Android SDK even provides Bluetooth libraries yet.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] OrionBG:
Hi All

I'm looking for a CAB or another way of putting Manila from 1.57 to a cooked ROM. I mean already installed one! Can someone help me please?
[Beetles] ccc_gt40:
I have been having probplems with my 6515 first it had no sound so I flashed it wilst at .1% it hung then it kept coming up with the boot loader if I removed the battery then put it back in again it would come up with the windows screen then I would configure it time ect it would restart and go back to the boot loader. I then flashed it with SP33246 which was the version it had when I lost the sound and halfway through the flashin it got a error 606 timeout with the USB. Now it won't boot out of the craddle and when its in the craddle it has a red light then every 1min the light turns out it boots to the Windows screen "tap screen to setup" and after 3-4sec it turns off.

I have a feeling it is dead but I thought I might see if anyone else has had this problem.
[Touch Cruise 2 General] ferns_mccanus:
Anyone has the problem where the battery indicator is not accurate? I'm using QM's digital battery indicator and the percentage doesn't seem to change after a while.

I have to do a soft reset for it to be updated. And it will stay updated for a while before it "hangs" again.

Anyone knows how to deal with this?

Thanks!
[Touch Cruise 2 General] ArMikael:
I have the same problem. There is some mysterys with bettery percentage indications. Sometimes it's stay at on place for a hours and in other cases could run every minute down. What could be a reason for this? Maybe it's problem with battery?
[Touch Cruise 2 General] Dair:
Can't confirm this with my device. The default indication works just fine. Tried also Batti for a few days and no problems occured, progress bar showed correct information and even the temperature info seemed to be perfectely believable... I don't know what the QM's digital battery is but looks like the problem might be in that program...

2ArMikael: Probably nothing new for you, but just for sure - consumption hugely deppends on actual ussage, biggest drainers are GPS and Wi-Fi each of these can completely drain your battery within few (~4?) hours. Also check for processes with permanent CPU ussage on background etc.
[Touch Cruise 2 General] ArMikael:
2Dair, you right, that's not new for me. I'm not so stupid. ;)

That's the catch that the battery going down even with turned of wireless protocols, GPS and programms at all.

But maybe it's a problem of a new battery. Last few days, after a full discharge of battery this problem disaperead. Battery percentage showings seems like a normal.

So guys, if you have a new phone don't forget to do a full dischage and recharge before you take it hard.
[Touch Cruise 2 General] ferns_mccanus:
I've stopped running QM, however, it seems frozen still. Do you think I might need to uninstall it, or even do a hard reset?
[Touch Cruise 2 General] Lokatho:
Ethermind has created a new batterydriver for Xperia which also seems to be working really nicely on other devices.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=513480

It shows, with the right icons, the exact percentage of your battery in steps of 1%.

Read his thread to get more info.

picture grabbed from Ethermind's thread

I've tested it with gtrab's SEX1 1% increments Battery ENHANCER

with Windows Mobile 6.5 taskbar icons and it works just dandy!!!!:p

All the credits go to Ethermind for creating the driver!!! Many thnx

And if you use gtrab's wm6.5 taskbar icons with the driver don't forget to thank gtrab!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jook11:
I'm currently using a 2GB MicroSD card with an apps2SD partition (Ext2) and a storage partition (FAT32)

I have a 4GB card that I'd like to move everything to. I could surely partition it the same way I did my 2GB card, but then it would be a blank, partitioned card. What's a good way to get all my apps and such moved over, as I'm running windows (which won't read the Ext2 partition)

Would Norton Ghost do it?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MontAlbert:
no try Ext2IFS_1_11a

can't remember where it is: if it doesnt work DL linux and boot into it from disc (no need to install) and copy onto disc from there...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbcoder:
Use linux.

plug in uSD card, do NOT mount. If it automounts, UNMOUNT it. Check device name "tail dmesg".

If device name is for example, sdb, then copy contents to hard disk;

"dd if=/dev/sdb of=~/sdbackup" -- this will create a file in your home directory called "sdbackup".

pull card, insert new card. If it mounts, unmount it. Again check device path.

"dd if=~/sdbackup of=/dev/sdb"

Now pull card, the data on the new card mirrors the old card. Plug back in. Note: we pull and then reinsert to make sure that the kernel reloads the partition table. There are other ways of forcing this, but this is the easiest and most fool-proof.

You have unpartitioned free space at the end of the card.

Use a combination of "parted" and "resize2fs" to resize/move partitions, or just use gparted to handle these operations graphically.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jook11:
Thanks for your help.

Are these directions explicit/comprehensive? Will I need to partition first? I don't know very much at all about linux, but I've got an ubuntu cd downloading. I've poked at it a little before - I can at least get a terminal and follow your directions, if this is all there is to it.

edit

I'm trying copying things manually in ubuntu's file.. explorer.. thingy. Then I'll partition the new memory stick with gparted and copy the files there.

This seems more natural to me, since I'm not familiar with command-line operations much anyway. Personally, I don't see why it won't work.

edit again:

I don't have permission to copy the folders "app" "app-private" or "dalvik-cache"

How can I do this?

edit edit again :p

google found me a "sudo nautilus" command which seems to open a file browser window with more permissions. I still can't actually copy the folders I mentioned before, but I recreated them in my backup location and I can copy the contents. Maybe this will take care of it.

update:

nope, that worked for "app" and some (but not all) of "dalvik-cache" but not "app-private"

How do I gain permission to copy it?

I'm willing to go back to the terminal, but I get an error on the tail command. There's nothing found, or somesuch. Sorry, I meant to copy the message exactly but I forgot before I rebooted the computer I was doing it with.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jook11:
Can anybody help me out a little more with this?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jook11:
The error I get right off the bat is "tail: cannot open 'dmesg' for reading: no such file or directory"

The only access to linux I have is an ubuntu live CD

To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ tail dmesg
tail:cannot open `dmesg' for reading: No such file or directory
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ _
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jook11:
How do I make use of this? It sounds like it should make Ext2 partitions appear in Windows Explorer just like anything else...

I installed it, but the Ext2 partition still doesn't show when I plug in the SD card. Do I need to do something particular?

I have rebooted.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jook11:
Can anyone please give me more information on this, please? I've been poking at it different ways and still can't get it to work. Who knows something I don't?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GenericNode:
dmesg | tail

All the information to do this has been stated in this thread by now.
[HTC Excalibur] RussianSolja:
Im an ex T-Mobile Dash user, now upgraded to the G1. My question is why are you guys still fooling around with a phone that's almost 4 years old? There are such better phone out there. What is it about the dash that makes you guys so in love with it? :confused:
[HTC Excalibur] zorka:
Don't know what exactly, but i have used a S200, a Hermes, a Kaiser and a diamond. And I always go back to the excalibur.

Sure a Kaiser is nice, as is the diamond, but I just love the Dash. think I allready had a dozen of them.buy broken ones from ebay, repair them, use them for some months, resell them when I got a better looking one. you can buy the broken once really cheap and mostly only the screen has to be repaired. And a simlock is removed in no time thanx to Jocky :D

I just don't like a touchscreen for daily use.
[HTC Excalibur] Bupahs:
First of all the G1 is no upgrade LOL its a downgrade from the Dash, its nothing to brag about. I look at the G1 as I do sidekicks, pretty useless, but a cute toy.

I keep my Dash because at the moment its still the best. If the s522 (Maple, Snap whatever its going to be called) hits T-Mo and lives up to even half of the hype around it, then I may box up the old Dash.. we will have to wait and see.
[HTC Excalibur] dr_milodog:
well....

I think it comes down to what you need, I can do everything that I need to with my Dash: pop email, exchange mail, google maps, streaming radio, music, tv shows from my storage card, weather, appointments, reminders, tasks, games. I'm sure that I left out a lot more things, but really that's all I need. Ever since I purchased a 16 gig card and a extended battery that doesn't stick out from the back, I've been nothing but happy with my phone. The G1 might seem like a step up, but I have no real complaints about the dash. I've always felt that the next phone I'd get would have to be leaps and bounds better than the dash, and so far I don't see much that's worth buying along with the higher rates for data. The HTC touch pro 2 might be a worthy upgrade, so lets wait and see.

Milodog
[HTC Excalibur] dr_milodog:
forgot to mention

I forgot to mention that if you compare the G1 with a regular dash, then I would side with the G1, but with the help of this forum our dash's are tweaked like crazy, which is absolutely awesome, I've never had so much fun with a phone. take care

Milodog
[HTC Excalibur] cire6:
just like you, even now you have a G1 still coming back to see the development and exploitation with our dash. how come :confused:
[HTC Excalibur] s1l3nt:
because the dash is usefull and its tweaked as i want it so i could use it it the way i want it
[HTC Excalibur] stylez:
G1 not a good example of a phone lol, i use Tilt far more tweakable than G1 :D Still think the Dash kicks ass for an SP it's old but it's exemely functional, can be modded to user specification and is a 1/4 price of a G1....

My question would be "Why not a Dash?"
[HTC Excalibur] orb3000:
Agree my friend!

Apart from the love link one creates with a nice device like S621 exist the fact that some users don´t have the $ to change device every year, so oldest does not means bad, in fact there are some great old devices that to date still rocking even better than the new ones! Example? My Universal! and my S621!

Also Android OS is so young... I would not change to it till it has a more mature/twekable/customizable platfrom, meantime I´ll stick to WM withh al it´s defects
[HTC Excalibur] Ajrgonz:
Amen! Nuff Said :p
[HTC Excalibur] ratstrangler:
There are other 'phones?
[HTC Excalibur] EasyTiger6x13:
family

I think the main reason I still use the dash is because the family is just so massive, theres no other phone out there thats 4 years old that ppl still use and still want to come out with new roms and new programs for and everyone is just so friendly and supportive to keeping it alive:cool:
[HTC Excalibur] skyline247:
Why not the Dash?

For me, its a question of money. Firstly, I got into the drivers seat of the Dash for free, with no strings attached, literally. Yes, the Dash was $99 dollars, but My rebate Visa debit card for $100 is shipped as we speak, so basically I made a dollar on the deal. I would have had to pay $199 for the G1 with a two year contract, and me wants nothing to do with that, at least not at the moment.

Secondly, this is my first venture into smartphones or PPC's. I have a long history of standard phones, Moto V3re, Samsung hue, heck, even my Moto V190 is still working fine. I am willing to monkey around with the Dash more than I would, say, the G1. When I do get the G1 I won't be modding it at all, better believe that. I don't mind messing with the Dash, because if I brick it, I am really not out anything. I will in no way tinker with a more higher end smartphone or PPC that I am sure I will purchase when I tire of the Dash.

Thirdly, the Dash has everything and all that I want for the moment just starting to delve into the smartphone realm. I mean, WiFi, instant sync with my home comp., no problems when syncing with my laptop on the road for internet access, instant mail and messaging, PDA like functionality, I mean, the list goes on on and on. :) Oh, and did I mention, the qwerty keyboard one hand operation.

Granted, I know my Dash is a grandpa in this era of the new punks of superphones that are coming out practically every day. I know my Dash is antiquated and soon to be on T-Mobs chopping block. And I know that it goes just the same as computers, the day you buy it, it is already outdated. But, I love my Dash.
[HTC Excalibur] chuckknight:
Let me turn your question around. Why *not* the Dash?

It's a well built smartphone, that runs the latest version of Windows (thanks to the guys at this forum) as well as the new phones. Additionally, the cost of entry or replacement is minimal.

I own mine, and have only about $50 in it, total. I use it with an ATT SIM, which means that my other options would have included a GoPhone...I have no desire to be under contract with any company.

So, why not a Dash?

4 years seems like a lot, but when you consider that the actual insides of most WM Smartphones haven't changed significantly...including the amount of RAM (are you listening, HTC?)...then why not just go for a well supported, good looking, and remarkably cheap phone that does everything we want it to...and which puts the "glamour" phones like the RAZR and BlackBerry to shame?

Chuck
[HTC Excalibur] cire6:
so now you know! :)
[HTC Excalibur] Barkleyfan:
Compared to my Kaiser, the Excaliburs keyboard is much easier to use. I gave my Excalibur to my son, but there are times I want it back. Only thing that really eliminates the Ex for me is the lack of GPS. The camera on the Ex is actually much beter than the Kaiser as well. Hopefully, they address this with the Touch Pro 2. Touch screen is handy, but it can be annoying at times too.
[HTC Excalibur] phuKKah:
Why not?

Best phone I've had, even when I look at my iPhone.
[HTC Excalibur] Ryanmo5:
You obviously have no clue what your talking about. The dash is a thing of the past and although i love my dash it isn't even in the same league as the g1. I know we all love our dashes but it is no upgrade over the g1 don't kid yourself. The g1 and sidekicks are 2 way different phones and i can say that because i have owned both. Sidekick is for messaging and email. Its obvious you don't own either a sidekick or g1 cause you compare them as if they are the same phone. Yes they both have keyboards, that's where it ends. I'm not being a jerk man don't get me wrong but saying a g1 is a downgrade from dash is like saying rotary phones are an upgrade over touch dial phones.
[HTC Excalibur] Ryanmo5:
I still have mine so i love both. I know you don't have a g1 so your comments really don't hold much weight, but the g1 is fully customizable now and will only get better. The g1 is a real phone, don't really understand how you 2 can speak on a phone you don't use. The only reason i'm commenting is because i have used all and own both g1 and dash. You know i respect you very much man so don't take my comments as an insult k? Don't mean it that way and thats directed towards both of you.
[HTC Excalibur] cswroe:
Had a Dash, supposedly "upgraded" to G1, then "downgraded" to Dash. Used both, Dash won.
[HTC Excalibur] dcontrol:
My old phone got stepped on, I wanted one with windows mobile and a qwerty keyboard, and I got one on ebay for $80
[HTC Excalibur] newbietruly:
Barkley,

You spoke my mind. It's been a while since I gave my Dash to my sister but I'd keep finding myself wanting it back every now and then even though I have a Kaiser now. It was the first SP I had that could do everything I wanted it to (Big thanks for all the great chefs & supporting members here!).

By the way, I'd have to disagree with you regarding the camera on the Kaiser. Have you tried taking the back cover with the cheap plastic off and take a picture with the Kaiser? It's a beautiful thing, man.
[HTC Excalibur] r4yd3n:
i am thinking to get htc dash.. just wanted to know about its battery time..is it good?
[HTC Excalibur] phatmanxxl:
It does with the extended battery, Its a must have with this phone, as with most HTC phones I hear. With stock your looking at about 8 to 10 hours with normal use.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I guess I just sound like everyone else here, I "upgraded" to bigger and better phones and I always seem to come back to the dash. For one reason it runs Pocketnester really good, better than some other WinMo phones do.

Well heres the best reasons I can think of:

Size- Not too big not too small

Nice screen- Really good resolution

Wifi

Overclocking

PocketNes

Opera mini works very well on it

Great reception

Can run most apps you can throw at it

Cheap aftermarket accessories

Cons:

No GPS.

Keyboard layout kinda funky but I get use to it after a few days.
[HTC Excalibur] r4yd3n:
only 8 to 10 hours? u mean it wont even last for a whole day? :confused:

is there any other option ..i need a smartphone for like 100-120$ ...my research is that htc dash is the best..
[HTC Excalibur] phatmanxxl:
It is an excellent phone and most extended life batteries are less than $20 on ebay or amazon shipped. Im just talking about the stock battery that comes with the phone, its crap.

Check out this thread about the battery discussion:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=494175

hope this helps.
[HTC Excalibur] s1l3nt:
yesss i recomend a extended battery 2200 mah :D: work great fior me especially if u like to text alot and use palringo and web browsing
[HTC Excalibur] rilbel:
Only thing I think the Dash is missing is a flash for the camera.
[HTC Excalibur] drifterrolly:
^a better camera in general IMO
[HTC Excalibur] ghostwheel:
I got my dash for ~100$ when I lost my motorola A1200 at an airport security checkpoint. :(

Just a phone while waiting for a small, light Android.

When an Android weighing 120g comes out (preferably with keyboard), I might change my dash.

Sadly, it currently does everything I need, so I'm not sure I really NEED to change. I use GPS with BT, and have an 8GB card with the wikipedia on it.... I guess the only thing missing would be VOIP that works like a regular phone call (no headphones needed....)
[HTC Excalibur] ghostwheel:
Small, light phone with keyboard?

I got my dash for ~100$ when I lost my motorola A1200 at an airport security checkpoint. :(

Just a phone while waiting for a small, light Android.

When an Android weighing 120g comes out (preferably with keyboard), I might change my dash.

Sadly, it currently does everything I need, so I'm not sure I really NEED to change. I use GPS with BT, and have an 8GB card with the wikipedia on it.... I guess the only thing missing would be VOIP that works like a regular phone call (no headphones needed....)
[HTC Excalibur] phatmanxxl:
Motorola might be comming out with a G1 like phone with the Android OS. Ill post the link when I find it.

Here it is:

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009...orolas-first-android-phone-more-news-on-moto/

Sucks its gonna be on VZW Id like to see a GSM version of this.
[HTC Excalibur] roloracer:
Dash/G1

I first want to say that I love my Dash and I love how much customizing can be done on this device.

Now this is to all that think the G1 is a super duper awesome phone(in good spirit :D) I personally think the G1 phone sucks with a capital S :rolleyes:. Now let me explain myself before I go pissing someone off. I've had my dash for a year now and have gotten pretty good a tweaking it, and my wife had been wanting a G1 since it came out but I told her to hold off on it for a couple of months so TMO would get rid of the first batch of phones, hoping to get a bug free device, but that wasn't the case. I got her the G1 and within the first month, it stopped ringing, some messages wouldn't go thru, the sound was crappy and so was the signal. So we got TMO to send her another phone. Finally after she got the phone , I got playing with it, and to my opinion, Android OS is crap when compared to Windows Mobile. You can't do anything with this device other than get apps and purchase stuff from TMO, I couldn't even put ringtones from my pc to it. I tried to see what it would take to be able to customize the phone, so I checked the G1/Dream thread to see what people were doing with this device.

In the G1 forum I found out that to get it customized, you need to do a bunch of stuff , like rooting it, downgrading it, something with tethering, and something else to be able to save apps on the sd card. Now that's a lot of work, and all these things can seriously brick the phone if not done properly :eek:, so I decided to leave it stock. I bet it would be badass if it would run on WM.:cool:

In conclusion I haven't found anything that the G1 can do besides run 3G, that the Dash can't do. To me for a 4 year old phone to run side by side with a new device like the G1, it says a lot about the granddaddy Dash.:D
[HTC Excalibur] phatmanxxl:
Funny you said that I was checking out the dream forum this morning and it seems pretty dead. A girl I work with has a G1 and she says its the best phone ever. I have been toying with the idea of getting one. Maybe if i could talk my co-worker to swap phones for a day at work so I can get a few hours hands on. I dont want to waste my money on a phone that Ill loose interest in, in a month.

Im personally am waiting for the snap/dash 3g/ maple for my next phone. I think the OP should also.
[HTC Excalibur] rilbel:
Better camera/video capturing with flash. Faster cpu but I mean we are talking about a 4+ year old phone.

I wanted to try a WinMo and BB phone.

The T-Mobile deal for the Dash was great, paid total of 61 dollars.

I mean you can not beat that! I like phones, but I rarely use all its features.

Still got to try a BB and decide if I like them or if I should go back to a regular phone which I think will be a Nokia. Something like the N73 or N82. Got to check them out first. But so far the Dash is good.